Jesters are annoying, and it logically follows that a town full of them would be even more annoying. New Jester proves that this is true. Your main issue here is that all but four of the Jesters in town will make a beeline for you, inevitably surrounding you and forcing you to fight your way out. At that point, they will all begin attacking, and they're pretty tough for Jesters, with 111 HP each. Your best bet is to not go to New Jester. As the court jester will tell you, it is a silly place.

This creature's default behavior; creatures with 'Special' behavior stand still but also have a special response when you Transact with them; if you attack any creature, that creature as well as all guards, monsters (except orcs), and anyone with a behavior of 'Pursue' will change their behavior to 'Attack'

The amount of HP a randomly generated creature of this type starts with; for creatures found in towers or dungeons, this is the range from the creature's starting HP on the first level it appears to its starting hp on level 15; creatures in villages, towns, and castles have different HP totals, as do those creatures that start the game in the Legends era